Improvement in bu reau-bedsteads



UNITED STATES HENRY IV. KINGMAN,

PATENT EFICE.

OF NEWFYORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BU REAU-BEDSTEADS.

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY W. KINGMAN, of the city,eounty,and State of NewYork, have invented and made and applied to use certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Bedsteads, which I collectively term the Compact Burean-Bedstead, and for which improvement I seek Letters Patent of the United States; and I do hereby declare that the said invention and improvements are in accordance with the following description and are represented in the drawings annexed to and making a part ot' this specification, whereinu Figure l is a side view of a bedstead as if open for use. Fig. 2 is a half plan of the same, showing the framing extended, on which the bed or mattress rests. Fig. 3 represents the bedstead as it' shut up and presenting the external appearance of a common bureau intended to stand against the wall.

rlhe same letters and numbers as marks of reference denote the same parts in all the figures.

When needed for use, the whole piece of furniture is to be drawn from the wall and the part ZJ with the top c, which forms the head-board, is to be turned downward, moving on the hinges 4, so that it is supported by legs These are moved out and steadied each by rods 2, jointed at one end to the legs l and at the other end at 3 to the back of the bureau. This portion of the working parts at the back will be best understood by reference to Fig. el, which shows them as if detached from the back. rlhe portion g is made to turn down in fronton hinges 5, and a drawer-front lt' in this part is made so as to conceal a pair of legs 7L when shut, or protrude them for use tosupport the foot ot' the bedstead by hinges within on the sidesg when open, as shown in Fig. l. In this ligure'it will be seen that the middle frame d is laid above the points of motion-in the hinges 4 and5 or may be made in two pieces. The'opposite halt to that shown as hinged on is to be attached to the part ein the same' manner, and with the prolongations set it, as shown by dotted lines at e in the back part Z) and atf in the front part g, forms that portion ofthe work on which the slats a a are laid and support the bed or mattress in use..

When the bedstead is to be shut up, the parts g and b are to be turned up together andfheld in place by a latch la, so that they assume the appearance denoted by dotted lines in Fig. l and shown fully in Fig. 3, and when so shut the interior is to be used to place away the bedding, &'c.

I do not claim to have invented any of the parts herein shown when taken by themselves; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The making an article similar to a bureau orother piece of furniture in the exterior appearance and fitting the same to open in the parts b, g, 7L, and t, and cl, and legs l and rods 2, so as to attain the means of converting the article into a compact bedstead with great convenience and at a moderate cost, with the several parts constructed and operating substantially as shown and described herein.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal iu the `city of New 1fliork this 4th day of September, 1844.

HENRY XV. KINGMAN. lVitnesses:

JAMES E. SERRELL, EDWARD W. SERRELL. 

